Olympics 2012 Results: Biggest Surprises from Day 10

Remember the old "Swedish bikini team" ads? It seems Usain Bolt prefers to hang out with the Swedish handball team. And yes, in these social-media Games, he tweeted about it and reassured everyone that he woke up healthy and ready.

Nigeria Hangs with France

But you probably didn't expect him to drop 35 points on France and come within a few points of single-handedly leading Nigeria into the 2012 Olympic quarters. He hit eight of his 14 three-point attempts, the last one bringing Nigeria within four points with 2:59 to play.

He did score 11 points for Nigeria against the US, however. Might not have noticed that performance while the USA was scoring 156.

South Africa Routs US in Field Hockey

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South Africa doesn't have much of a history in field hockey. The USA came into the Olympic Games with a win over medal contender Argentina.

Neither team was going to advance in the competition, but the Americans hadn't played badly, repeating the win over Argentina and losing by a single goal respectively to Germany, Australia and New Zealand. South Africa's losses: 7-1, 4-1, 2-0, 1-0.

Then South Africa scored in the 14th minute. And the 20th. And the 25th. And the 33rd. Add three more in the second half, and it was 7-0.

And it wasn't just a question of well-taken shots. South Africa outshot the USA 27-6.

Felix Sanchez Wins 400-Meter Hurdles at Age 34

Surely Felix Sanchez's best days were behind him. The New York-born hurdler, representing the Dominican Republic, won 400-meter hurdles world titles in 2001 and 2003, then Olympic gold in 2004.

He hadn't been a factor in recent years, which isn't a surprise for a speedster who'll turn 35 later this month.

Coming into the Games, his best time of the year was 48.56 seconds, well behind the favored Americans, Puerto Rico's Javier Culson and Britain's Dai Greene. He hadn't broken 48 seconds since his golden year of 2004.

He suddenly found his feet in London, running 47.76 in the 400-meter semis. He did even better in the final, racing away with a time of 47.63. USA's Michael Tinsley was several strides back, taking silver.

Sanchez then knelt on the track, pulled a photograph of his late grandmother out of his uniform and kissed it in celebration and tribute.

A Shootout of the Most Literal Kind

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Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz was shooting through his tears, already elated at having clinched at least a silver medal in the men's trap.

But the man who works in his family's restaurant back home kept up his hot shooting in the shootoff. He had hit 122 of 125 targets in qualification, then 24 of 25 targets in the final. In the shootoff? All six.

Sinclair again gave Canada the lead and it took a pair of questionable calls to get the USA level again—goalkeeper Erin McLeod whistled for taking too much time with the ball, then a handball in the box for a penalty kick that Abby Wambach converted.

The US had the better of play in extra time, but with time ticking down and players getting hurt all over the field, the ball floated into the box for Alex Morgan. Her scoring slump couldn't have ended at a better time.